As mentioned on the home page, The House of Steed
crest as seen above incorporates some Hebrew text. Frederick Steed
in designing his crest departed from the traditional Steed design
and drew inspiration from the Saxon white horse as used in the Kent arms
as seen below - Kent being the origin of the Australian Steed family. In
his design he made a connection to the white horse of Revelation 19, and
also looked to Revelation 14 which speaks of those who stand with the
Lamb as having two names in their foreheads. Hence the two Hebrew words
he used are the personal names of the Creator - Yahueh - and his Messiah
- Yahusha.

The tetragrammaton (meaning 'four lettered word') is the personal
name of the Creator in Hebrew - pronounced Ya-HOO-eh. This name seen
above in the animated GIF is the name in both ancient and modern forms, can be represented in English by
the letters YHWH, YHVH, or in vowel form - IAUE. Transliterated it is
best spelt either Yahueh or Yahuweh. Other less accurate spellings
commonly used are: Yahweh, Yahveh, Yahwah, Yehowah, Jehovah.

Tradition has incorrectly forbidden the use (pronunciation) of this
name. Yes, the third command forbids misusing it (Shemot/Ex. 20:7), but
a simple reading of the Scriptures testifies that this was NOT
understood as preventing its proper use. It was used by the ancients
not only in worship - prayers, songs, etc - but also in everyday speech
when reference was being made to the true Mighty One. YHWH's own
statement regarding His Name is this: "I am YHWH, that is My Name, and
My esteem I do not give to another, nor My praise to idols."
(Yesha/Isaiah 42:8). The names commonly used in reference to the Creator
today, such as "G*d" and "L*rd" are the names of pagan mighty ones -
idols - we should avoid their use. Read also Shemot/Ex. 3:13-15.

Yahusha or Yahushua (pronounced
Ya-hoo-sha'), is the correct name of the Messiah, the Son of YHWH,
commonly, though incorrectly, called "Jesus." Yahusha means "YHWH
Saves." 'Yahu' is an abbreviated form of the tetragrammaton, the first
three letters - YHW. The 'sha' or 'shua' comes from 'yeshuah'
- salvation. The name "Yeshua" or "Y'shua" commonly being used by the Messianic
movement today, while being an abbreviation of Yahusha, fails to give
proper credit to the Father - YHWH. It is a name that was born out of
the error of avoiding the use of the tetragrammaton.

Below you see how scribes copying the Scriptures
- in this case the book of Psalms - preserved the tetragrammaton in
ancient Hebrew text amongst the other "modern" Hebrew due to their
respect for it's importance.